Notwithstanding any
provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, any elector who
does both of the
following may be accompanied in the voting booth and aided by any person
of the elector's choice, other than the elector's employer, an agent of the
elector's employer, or an officer or agent of the elector's union, if any:

(A)
Appears to vote on the day of an election or appears
at the office of the board of elections to cast absent voter's ballots in
person; and

(B)
Declares to the presiding
judge of elections or to the election official who is accepting applications to
cast absent voter's ballots in person that the elector is unable to mark the
elector's ballot by reason of blindness, disability, or illiteracy.

The elector also may request and receive assistance in
the marking of the elector's ballot from two election officials of different
political parties. Any person providing assistance in the marking of an
elector's ballot under this section shall thereafter provide no information in
regard to the marking of that ballot.

Any
election
official may require a declaration of inability to be made by the elector
under oath before the election official. Assistance shall not be rendered
for causes other than those specified in this section, and no candidate whose
name appears on the ballot shall assist any person in marking that person's
ballot.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.40, HB 194, §1 Made subject to referendum in the Nov. 6, 2012 election. The version of this section thus amended was repealed by 129th General AssemblyFile No.105, SB 295, §1, eff. 8/15/2012.